Extinction Rebellion is aiming for the Christmas No1 slot after releasing its debut song about climate change.

The protest group has teamed up with rock band The Jade Assembly to produce a track called ‘Time for Change’.

The track’s video features footage from protests across the globe over the past six months, with a prominent focus on London.

Clips show the House of Parliament on fire, Downing Street flooded and MPs including former PM Theresa May wearing gas masks.

Urging listeners to ‘act now’ the lyrics call for action on climate change ‘before we’re all dead’.

Lead vocalist John Foster sings: ‘So whether you’re a lucky man, a banker or a broken man, I’m standing here for everyone whose never too afraid to say – we need you now, we need voices.

‘A time to look ahead and now a time before we’re all dead, come on, it’s time for a change.

‘I need everyone to be with me and I need everyone in here tonight to be themselves, so come on.’

The Jade Assembly is a four man rock band from Bolton, who hit the music scene in 2016.

The band say they are passionate about the climate crisis and wrote the song in response to the UK government’s lack of action in dealing with it.

The band’s manager Mick Watson sent the song to Extinction Rebellion (XR) co-founded Gail Bradbrook, who agreed it should be the protest group’s ‘anthem’.

Mr Watson said: “The Jade Assembly have always been passionate about the climate crisis and they penned this song out of frustration with the speed and the way our politicians dealt with the crisis.

‘The song is a swipe at the politicians and a plea to other people to ‘come on’ board as the chorus says.’

It is hoped the song could reach the coveted Christmas number 1 spot on the charts.

Mr Watson added: ‘The best impact for us is for people to hear the song and watch the video and then think about the last 20 years on Earth and the speed in which floods, tidal waves and earthquakes have picked up.

‘This is a climate emergency and we want to use our musical message to let people know these are serious times and we need to address this situation before it’s too late.’

The song has been released ahead of  ’12 days of Christmas’ XR protests that are set to outdo their last demonstrations.

The protests will start on December 1 2019, and will run until December 12 when the General Election will take place.

The group have brought London streets to a standstill and glued themselves to trains to protest the government’s lack of action on climate change.

XR spokesman Rupert Read said the December protests will be aimed at politicians instead of the public.

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